Once-abundant sea stars imperiled by disease along West Coast

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Warming oceans and an infectious wasting disease has devastated populations of large sunflower sea stars once abundant along the West Coast of North America, according to new research in Science Advances.
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Before and after photo showing decline of large sunflower sea stars

AI adjusts for gaps in citizen science data

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Citizen science databases can be inconsistent, but Cornell researchers have developed a deep learning model that effectively corrects for location biases, leading to more reliable predictions.
Heat maps showing bird observations in New York

Cooperative Extension takes its message to Albany

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Executive directors from Cornell Cooperative Extension county associations from across the state traveled to Albany Jan. 22 to meet with senators and Assembly members from their respective districts.
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Donna Lupardo, Richard Ball and Kevin Jordan sample products at the Taste NY table

Program advances art of team building around the world

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The Cornell Alliance for Science’s Global Leadership Fellows program teaches teams how to function across differences, so that workers can thrive in a culture of trust and respect.
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staff at the Kenya Children’s Science Center gather after workshop

Historic building is hub for Cornell in NYC

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On Jan. 2, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations’ new New York City headquarters and conference center opened in the historic General Electric building at 570 Lexington Ave. Several other Cornell colleges, units and programs will soon be using space in the building.
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The School of Industrial and Labor Relations, NYC

U.S. economy’s current growth will peak in 2019

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The U.S. economy has been on a long, slow upward trend for eight years, but a Cornell economist predicts that – like all good things – the steady growth will soon come to an end, likely by the end of the year.
Steven Kyle speaking at the Dyson School’s 2019 Agricultural and Food Business Outlook Conference

Documentary gives voice to Tanzanian cassava farmers, scientists

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The viruses ravaging cassava farms in Africa, and efforts to combat them through plant breeding, are the subject of a new Cornell University documentary film produced by International Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Root split open to show Cassava brown streak disease

Laura Dougherty: growing better apple trees

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Laura Dougherty, a fourth-year doctoral student in the field of horticulture, is studying genes controlling apple fruit quality and tree architecture at Cornell AgriTech
Laura Dougherty posing in apple orchard